Linus' idea of "good taste" code

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On 10/26/2016 12:53 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> It's a small bit, but the idea here is to eliminate if conditionals
> where possible:
> 
> https://medium.com/@bartobri/applying-the-linus-tarvolds-good-taste-coding-requirement-99749f37684a#.nhth1eo4e

I find it both funny and saddening how many reddit commentators
complained about Linus version of that code is over-complicated.

"Prefer clear code over smart code" principle is good in general but
sometimes it is over-applied to the point where incompetence gets
glorified. And this sucks.

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